Weighing-tongs.



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l". ^RGARET E. BURNS. OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS,

WEIGHI'NG-TONGS.

Specification oi' Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 6. 1 91 Application filed Apri. 7, 1915. Serial No. 22,166.

To all Hwm it may (fonce/r11,

Be it known that l. .\l,\l:o.\i:r;'r l. lrn'xs. a citizen ot' the l'nited States. and a resident ot' the city ot' Chicago. in the county otl Cook and State ol Illinois. have inwnted a certain new and useful Impr-m ement in Weighing/Tongs: and I do hereby declare that the tollowinj description ot my said invention. taken in connection with the er companying` sheet, ot dra wing forms :i tuil. clear. and exact specification. which will en able others skilled in 'the art to whirl; 'u ap'- pertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates generally to nn provements in weijeijhini tongs. and it son sists. essentially. in the novel and pvrnlizir combination ot parts and detz'iils` ol' courir: tion. as liereilial'ier first fully set. forth describml und then pointed out in the el ReferringY to the drawinr hereinbefore indieated, Figure l indicates a side elevation ot' my newly invented weifrhing tones ior weights ot' l0() pounds or tliierealimits. Vig, 'l is a vertical section in line :2W-:2 oi lfiy 1. Fig. Z3 is a horixonlal section in line 3*- YI3 in Fig. l. Fig. t is a vertical sectionv in line 1i-lot Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragment of a with certain paris renn'ived. Fig'. 3 il a plan in line Figi'. l. Fig. T 'illustrates a pie like adapted to be attached to ilu ot the tongs shi-mn in Fig. l to convert device into a hrhsehold weighing; VigL S indicates a s ring box of smaller di mensiens for .scales ot' lesser tapa'eity. and Fig. il is a section in line tl--l of Fig.

Like parts are indicated by eta-responding characters or symbols in all the figures et the drawine.

The essence ot niy invention is the, produc tion ot' a scale ot' a capacity to weigh 100 poundsV ot ice: in tact a combined icc tong Uhr. .it

l .scales and seule; and. in addition thereto are combined novel and ettieient means. whereby the device may be employed as a domestic or household scale for the weighing ot' meats. Vegetables and all other houshold specialties nircliased by Weight.

'Referring to Fig. 1. A and are tong members similar to the like members on regulation ice tongs and, preses-scribi the inwardly and upwardly projecting points 10. The upper end of these tong members are pivoted between the opposite ends of a pair nt' connecting bars 12 and 12a, at the outer endsA thereof. by means oi' flattened rivets lll and 13. Fitted between these bars 12 and l2". niedially of the length of said bars is iitted a scale spring box 1.5 shown in plan. This box is essentially rectangular in plan and possesses two sides 1G and 16, a back ll'. a bottom 18. In the side 162L and back l?. contiguous to the bottom 18 there is a iii .ft ll through which the lever 20 is adapted to oscillate about its pivot 21.

'lhe trent end of the spring soule box 15 has an open t'ront, with its fr0nt`ed8es bent tum-div a .short Vdistance as at 2i? and 22a, ll iength of the box; then bent away n .nu parallel to the box a short distance is at, 2J and 23a and then rebent as at .24 and '2111 to a point opposite the open front, the operations described forming oppositely placed grooves and Q5, for the reception ol' a, movable scale beam 2G freely slidable therein. And it may now be added that the width of the walls' 22 and 2l and the groove 225i the width ot one ot' the scaletongs and that bar l2 already described fits in slots 'if' and 12C located near the upper end ot :ne sidi; walls4 16 and 16a contiguous to the u-lly bent members 22 and QQ, so that will hars are llush with the top ot the spring box l, and is fixed in place by brazing, soldering' or other suitable means. The duplicate connecting bar 12 is also brazed or riveted to the members 24 and 24, so that the rivets 13 and 13a will pass accurately through the openings in the ends of the bars 12 and 1:21.

The, ,sf-ale beam bar 26 already mentioned slides treely upward and downward in the grooves 25 and 25 and is provided at its upper end with a suitable handle 27a whereby the same may be grasped by a hand.

Projecting rearwardly from the scale beam bar and resting on the top edge of bar 1Q;L when the lower end ot' the scale beam har is at its lowest point in the scale beam and spring box 15 are a pair of well fastened fingers it? and 'one ot which fingers engages the upper end of ,spring and the other the vlike en@ of 'npx'iuv mhpb Fig. V 1 swam: 5.1

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6. In combination, a connecting member, tacle and xed thereto and to slide, retongs pivoted to and depending from said sistlng upward 'movement of Said slide, and` member at its ends thereof, an upright rea carrying handle on said slide. Vg l ceptacle depending from and rigidly fixed In testimony that Claim the foregoing as 5 to said member substantially medially of its my invention, I have hereunto set my hand.

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said receptacle, spring means in Said reeep- MARGARET BURXS. 

